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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	aforesaid_a	parliament_n	say_a	2,406	5	6.5674	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74358	An act for the better propagation and preaching of the Gospel in Wales, and redress of some grievances. Die Veneris, 22⁰ Februarii, 1649. Ordered by the Parliament, that this Act be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.	England and Wales.; England and Wales. Parliament. aut	1650 (1650)	Thomason E1060_80; ESTC R208808	5,515	12

in the counties aforesaid which heretofore abounded in Ignorance and Prophaneness And that fit persons of approved Piety and Learning may have encouragement to employ themselves in the education of Children in Piety and good literature Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any five or more of them be and are authorized and enabled to grant Certificates by way of approbation to such persons as shall be recommended and approved of by Henry VValter VValter Cradock Richard Simonds Roger Charnock Jenkin Lloid Morris Bidwel David VValter VVilliam Seaborn Edmond Ellis Jenkin Jones George Robinson Richard Powel Robert Powel Thomas Ewen John Miles Oliver Thomas Doctor John Ellis Ambrose Moston Stephen Lewis Morgan Lloid VVilliam Jones Richard Edwards Vavosor Powel Richard Swain Rowland Never Ministers of the Gospel or any five or more of them for the preaching of the Gospel in the said Counties as well in setled Congregations and Parochial Charges as in an Itinerary course as the said Commissioners by the advice of such the said Ministers as shall recommend and approve of the said persons respectively shall adjudge to be most for the advancement of the Gospel or for the keeping of Schools and education of Children And to the end that a fitting maintenance may be provided for such persons as shall be so recommended and approved of as also for such others approvedly godly and painful Ministers now residing within the said Counties for whose support and maintenance there is little or no settlement made or provided Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That in order to the said maintenance and in the regulating ordering and disposal thereof they the said Commissioners or any twelve or more of them are hereby authorized and enabled by themselves or others deriving authority from them to receive and dispose of all and singular the Rents Issues and Profits of all and every the Rectories Vicarages Donatives sine Cura's Portion of Tenths and other Ecclesiastical Livings which now are or hereafter shall be in the disposing of the Parliament or any other deriving Authority from them as also to receive and dispose of the Rents Issues and Profits of all Impropriations and Gleab-lands within the said Counties which now are or hereafter shall be under Sequestration or in the disposal of the Parliament by vertue of any former Statute or any Act or Ordinance of this present Parliament And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any twelve or more of them shall and may out of the said Rents Issues and Profits of the said Rectories Vicarages Donatives sine Cura's Portion of Tenths and other Ecclesiastical Promotions as also out of the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Impropriations and Gleab-lands order and appoint a constant yearly maintenance for such persons as shall be recommended and approved of as aforesaid for the work of the Ministery or the education of Children as also for such other Ministers as aforesaid now residing within the said Counties provided that the yearly maintenance of a Minister do not exceed One hundred pounds and the yearly maintenance of a School-master exceed not Forty pounds and that godly Ministers who have or shall have Wife or Children may not too much be taken off from their duties in the Ministery with the care and consideration of maintenance for their Wives and Children after their decease but that some care thereof may be had by others whereby a greater encouragement may be given to them to set themselves the closer to the work of the said Ministery Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any twelve or more of them are hereby enabled and authorized to make such yearly allowance to the Wife and Children of such godly Minister after his decease as to the said Commissioners or any twelve of them shall seem reasonable for the necessary support and maintenance of the said Wife or Children or any of them Provided always That such allowance so to be made to such Wife and Children do not exceed the yearly sum of thirty pounds And if any person or persons being Tenant or Occupier of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments lyable and subject to the payment of any Tenths or other Duties in right payable or belonging to any Parsonage Vicarage or any the abovesaid Ecclesiastical Promotions shall refuse payment thereof Then the said Commissioners or any two or more of them are hereby authorized and enabled to put in execution against every person and persons so refusing the powers and authorities vested and setled by this present Parliament in the Iustices of the Peace for the relief of Ministers from whom such Tenths and Duties are detained and substracted And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any twelve or more of them out of the said Tenths Rents and Profits by them receiveable by force of this Act shall and may allow such moderate Salary or Wages to such person or persons who shall be imployed in the receiving keeping and disposal thereof or any part thereof as they shall conceive to be necessary and reasonable And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every person and persons qualified and approved of as above said for the preaching of the Gospel as aforesaid who shall be vested and setled by the said Commissioners or any twelve or more of them in any Rectory Vicarage or Parochial Charge which the said Commissioners or any twelve or more of them have hereby power to do shall be deemed and adjudged to be seized of the same as fully and amply to all intents and purposes as if such person and persons were presented instituted and inducted to and in the same according to former Laws in such cases used and provided And whereas the remoteness of the said Counties from the Courts of Iustice at Westminster occasioneth many acts of high Misdemeanors Oppression and Injury to be committed there which often-times escape unpunished and the parties agrieved thereby for want of means to seek relief by due course of Law left remediless To the end therefore that such Misdemeanors Oppressions and Injuries may the better be enquired after and the parties grieved thereby without much expence of moneys or loss of time may be in some way of relief Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any five or more of them shall have and hereby have full Power and Authority to receive all Complaints which shall be brought before them of any such Misdemeanors Oppression or Injury committed by any person or persons within the said Counties or any of them and by Warrant directed to the party complained of under the Hands and Seals of the said Commissioners or any five or more of them to appear before them at a certain day and place in the said Warrant mentioned requiring an Answer to the said Complaints and after answer made then with the consent of both parties testifie under their Hands and Seals to proceed to hear and determine the same And whereas sufferings of that nature generally fall upon persons well-affected to the Parliament and such as have acted in and for their service which said persons are not of ability to travel to London to be relieved by the Committee of Parliament commonly called The Committee of Indempnity Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any five or more of them shall be and are hereby made and constituted a Committee of Indempnity to all intents and purposes within the Counties aforesaid for the hearing and determining of all matters and things properly relieveable and determinable by the said Committee of Indempnity Provided always That if any person or persons shall finde him or themselves agrieved at the proceedings of the said Commissioners acting as a Committee of Indempnity then the said person or persons so agrieved shall and may prosecute his and their Petition or Appeal for relief in such maner and form as in and by this Act is prescribed in the cases of ejected Ministers and bring the same to a final determination before the said Committee of Indempnity sitting at Westminster which said Committee are hereby authorized to hear and determine the same as they shall see just cause And be it further Enacted That all Power and Authority formerly vested in any Committee within the said Counties or any of them for the placing of Ministers in Ecclesiastical Livings or Promotions be from henceforth determined And that no person or persons shall be from henceforth vested and setled in any Rectory Vicarage or Ecclesiastical Promotion within any of the said Counties unless such person or persons so to be vested or setled be recommended and approved of for the work of the Ministery according to the tenor and true meaning of this Act And that this Act shall continue and be in force for the space of Three years from the Five and twentieth day of March One thousand six hundred and fifty and no longer Die Veneris 22 Februarii 1649. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti

AN ACT FOR The better Propagation and Preaching of the GOSPEL IN WALES And redress of some Grievances Die Veneris 22Âº Februarii 1649. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by Edward Husband and John Field Printers to the Parliament of England 1649. AN ACT FOR The better Propagation and Preaching of the GOSPEL In WALES and redress of some Grievances THe Parliament of England taking into their serious consideration the great Duty and Trust that lies on them to use all lawful ways and means for the propagation of the Gospel of Iesus Christ in this Commonwealth in order thereunto Do Enact and Ordain and be it Enacted and Ordained by this present Parliament and by the Authority thereof That Col Thomas Harrison Col Philip Jones Col John Jones Sir John Trevor Knight Henry Herbert Esq William Herbert William Packer William Blethin Christopher Catchmay Reece Williams John Nicholas Edward Herbert Robert Jones Bussey Mansel Edward Prichard John Price Rowland Dawkins William Boteler Edward Stradling John Herbert Richard Jones Jenkin Frainlyn John James Wroth Rogers John Herring Stephen Winthrop Esqs Sir Erasmus Philips Sampson Lort Henry Williams Silvanus Taylor Richard King John Williams John Dancy Thomas Watkins James Philips John Lewis William Barbar Esqs John Daniel John Bowen Gent. John Puleston one of the Iustices of the Court of Common Pleas Humphrey Mackworth William Littleton Robert Duckenfield Thomas Baker Hugh Price Evan Lloyd Richard Price Robert Griffith Edward Owens George Twisleton John Carter Thomas Mason Lighton Owens Rice Vaughan Thomas Ball Hugh Courtney Edward Taylor Roger Soutley Esqs Daniel Lloyd David Moris William Wynne Gentlemen Thomas Swift Esq Hugh Prichard Gent. John Sadler John Peck Luke Lloyd Andrew Ellis Ralph Crechley Esqs Lewis Price of Llannoonog Henry Williams John Brown Gent. are hereby constituted and appointed to be Commissioners in the Counties of Montgomery Denbigh Flint Carnarvan Merioneth Anglesey Monmouth Glamorgan Pembroke Carmarthen Cardigan Brecknock and Radnor and every of them to put in execution the several powers and authorities herein hereafter mentioned directed that is to say That they the said Commissioners or any five or more of them shall have full power and authority and are hereby enabled authorized to receive all articles or Charges which shall be exhibited against any Parson Vicar Curate Schoolmaster or any other now having or that shall have any Ecclesiastical benefit or promotion within the said counties or any of them for any Delinquency Scandal Malignancy or non-Residency and upon such Articles so exhibited to grant out Warrants in writing under the Hands and Seals of the said Commissioners or any five or more of them to be directed to the party against whom such Articles shall be exhibited requiring his appearance before such Commissioners at a certain day and place in the said Warrant mentioned to answer the said Charge or Articles respectively and after notice of the said Warrant personally made or given to the said party Articled against or left at his dwelling House or ordinary place of abode and that notice proved by Oath to be made by the space of ten days before the day of appearance in the said Warrant mentioned no just Cause being made and proved to excuse the not appearing and likewise after answer made by such as shall appear according to summons Then the said Commissioners or any five or more of them are hereby enabled and authorized to proceed to examination of witnesses upon Oath the said Examinations and Depositions of such Witnesses to be put in writing as well on the behalf of the Commonwealth to prove such Charges and Articles as on the behalf of the parties articled against to make good their Answers which Oathes the said Commissioners or any two or more of them have hereby power to administer And after due examination and proof made by confession of the party complained of or by the Oath of two credible Witnesses actually to amove discharge and eject all such Ministers and other persons from their respective Cures Benefices Places and Charges as they the said Commissioners or any five or more of them upon such hearing shall adjudge to be guilty of any the Crimes aforesaid in the said Articles contained and comprised and after such Iudgement given in case any person shall finde himself agrieved with such Iudgement so given Then it shal and may be lawful to and for any twelve or more of the said Commissioners upon Petition preferred to them by the party grieved to review examine and reverse the same if they or the greater part of them see just cause so to do And if notwithstanding the said ejected person shall not finde relief within six Weeks after his Petition so preferred Then the said Commissioners or any five or more of them shall at the request of the parties agrieved respectively certifie the respective Proceedings and Proofs in such cases respectively to the Committee of Parliament for Plundred Ministers who are hereby authorized upon the return of such Certificates and view of such Proceedings and Proofs without further examination of Witnesses in such cases to examine the Grounds of the said respective Iudgements appealed from and to affirm or revoke the same as they shall finde it most agreeable to Iustice and the tenor of this Act. And be it further Enacted and Declared That the said Commissioners or any five or more of them have hereby power and authority to allow the Wife and Children of such Minister or Ministers so ejected and amoved for their maintenance a proportion not exceeding a fifth part of the Living Parsonage Benefice Vicarage Charge or other place out of which the said Ministers shall be respectively removed all Parish Charges Publique Taxes and other Duties being first deducted out of the whole And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Parson or Vicar holdeth or enjoyeth or which shall hold or enjoy plurality of Benefices or Ecclesiastical Promotions one or more of which being within the Counties aforesaid and upon a Warrant directed to him under the Hands of the said Commissioners or any five of them requiring him at a certain day and place in the said Warrant mentioned to make choice and elect which of the said Benefices and Ecclesiastical Promotions he desires to hold and upon notice of the said Warrant shall not within forty days after the said notice make his Election testified under his Hand before five or more of the said Commissioners which of the said Benefices or Promotions he desires to hold then from and after such default no just cause being proved to excuse the same all his right title or interest in and to all such Benefices and Promotions to cease determine and be utterly void And to the end that godly and painful men of able gifts and knowledge for the work of the Ministery and of approved conversation for Piety may be imployed to preach the Gospel

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